BASRA, Iraq (AFP) - Iraq and Iran on Sunday exchanged the remains of nearly 250 soldiers killed during their long and bloody war in the 1980s, in an emotional operation organised by the Red Cross.The remains of 41 Iranian soldiers and 200
A pro-rebel web site reports that the Tamil Tiger insurgents have killed 43 Sri Lankan soldiers in a single fierce clash in the island's north. Pro-rebel site quotes unnamed rebel officials assaying that the soldiers were killed Sunday in
Six Afghan soldiers were killed, one of them beheaded, in a battle with Taliban insurgents, authorities said Tuesday, also reporting at least 10 militants had died in fighting. Five of the soldiers were killed in a gunfight that erupted
